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...School as it does in other divisions of the University, it should mark the beginning of a new era of improvement at Langdell Hall. And those who have felt that Harvard has not been progressing as rapidly as other schools in recent years, will be able to banish their doubts of Harvard's continued leadership. Certainly the first days of the new Deanship have started not inauspiciously...
...would not banish age from the bench nor abolish divided decisions. It would not affect the power of any court to hold laws unconstitutional. ... It would not reduce the expense of litigation nor speed the decision of cases. It is a proposal without precedent and without justification. ... It is a measure which should be so emphatically rejected that its parallel will never again be presented to the free representatives of the free people of America...
...game between the Eli and Indian Yearlings saw the high-water mark in penalties. A nice round twenty were handed out, evenly divided between the sextets. A fellow named Conant was outstandingly tough for the Green, while Eli right defenseman Kite was no angel. The referee saw fit to banish this lad five times, one of them on a major charge...
This year's award for torchbearer of righteousness goes by unanimous vote to the President of Princeton, who by an encyclical enclosed football tickets hopes to banish Bacchus from the Palmer Stadium. Through collaboration with the Bible and Lord Chesterfield President Dodds arrived at the scholarly conclusion that drinking at football games is poor manners. It follows that sobriety is laudable. So were the Ten Commandments and Wilson's Fourteen Points, but even the most inspired professor would think twice before attempting to enforce them...
...banish waste, extravagance, secrecy and corruption. Nominee Landon offered the following Relief program...